At A Glance

14 June 1973 at a glance

Day of the week
14 June 1973 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “My Love” by Paul McCartney & Wings.
Top Film of 1973
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.
Bestselling Novel of 1973
“Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1973.
Top-Rated TV Show
“All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1973–74 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 14 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 June 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 June 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 14 June

  • 1962 The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
  • 1966 The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
  • 1967 Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
  • 1982 Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces ending the war.
  • 1985 Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.

Famous people born on June 14

  • Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States (born 1946)
  • Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1961)
  • Steffi Graf, German tennis player (born 1969)
  • Will Patton, American actor (born 1954)

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Events of 1973 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1973 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 22 – Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
  • February 28 – The landmark postmodern novel Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is published.
  • March 26 – TV soap opera The Young and the Restless and game show The $10,000 Pyramid debuts on CBS.

Life in the US in 1973

President

Richard Nixon

Gas (per gallon)

$0.40

Loaf of Bread

$0.27

Average House

$22,100

Weekly Wage

$165

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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s

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